Fountain-brush.



1510.848300. I A PATENTBD APR. 2, 1907.

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rouNTAIN BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.7,1906. A

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Wis attorney GEORGE R. STANTON, OF DEOATUR, ILLINOIS.

. FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907'.

Application filed September 7, 1906. Serial No. 333,734.

`simple and practical means for continuously supplying a cleaning or scrubbing brush with Y water, and another object is to prevent the water from running down along the handle from the brush to the hands of the user.

The invention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described, and it is defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an illustration of the entire device on a reduced scale, and Fig. 2 is a section through the brush on a larger scale.

The .brush comprises the head or stock l and the bristles 2 or their equivalent. The head 1 has a bore 3 from front to back or from outside to inside. A plate 4 is secured to the back of the brush by screws 5 orA their equivalent, and it has a tubular extension 6, which extends through or into the bore of the brush-head. The tubular extension 6 has the wall 7 at its front end, and said wall is finely perforated to form a sprayer. A nipple 8 is formed on the external rear surface of plate 4, in alinement with the tubular extension 6, and the nipple is screw-threaded to a standard size to provide for attachment of the end 9 of the tubular handle. A washer or gasket 10 may be used between the plate 4 and the end of the handle for the purpose of forming a perfect joint.

The handle 9C is here shown asa straight tube of some considerable length connected at its lower end by a cock l2 with a hose ll, which supplies the water. `N ear the upper end the handle is given a turn 9b, here shown as at a right angle, and then given a reverse turn 9a, here shown as greater than a right angle. The compound turn thus formed produces a depending elbow at the point 9a, and in the ordinary use of the device for washin windows such dirty water as runs down t e end 9 will drip from the elbow 9' rather than run up hill over the turn 9b and down the handle 9c to the operators hand. I consider it advisable that the angle of the vturn 9a should be greater than that of the vare neither in line with the handle nor at right angles thereto. If the bristles stand oblique, as shown, the brush can be used on all parts of an upright window as far as the device will reach, and at no time will the operator stand beneath the brush-head, where the water would drip on him, or will the water run down the handle. Moreover, with the bristles oblique the operator can wash an overhead glass, such as a skylight, and yet the drippings will not fall on him, because he does not stand beneath the brush-head.

In using the invention the brush is manipulated by the handle in an obvious manner, while water is supplied in any desired quantity through the hose, the cock, the handle, and the sprayer penetrating the brush-head. The supply of water is continuous. The drip cannot reach the hands of the user, and so the cleaning may proceed rapidly, easily, and without discomfort.

The construction has particular reference to simplicity and practicability, and the result is a brush that will properly perform its function without being expensive to make.

As a matter of preference the plate 4, the tubular extension 6, and the nipple 8 are integral or cast in one piece; but this is a matter of convenience only7 and I do not confine myself to this particular mode of constructtion. So, also, the turns in the handle are preferably made by bending, while it is obvious that they may be otherwise formed without departing from the principle involved.

rIhe brush, the handle, and the various details may be of any desired shape and proportion consistent with the terms of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y l. In a fountain-brush, the combination with the brush-head having a water-passage of a water-supply, and a tubularhandle connecting the supply with the brush-head and given a compound turn near the latter so that the bristles stand oblique to the line of the handle, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a fountain-brush, the combination with the brush-head having a water-passage; of a water-supply, and a tubular handle connecting the supply with the brush-head, and given two turns near the latter for the pur- IOO pose set forth, the ongle of the turn adjacent the brush-head 'being given 'first a right-nw the brush-heed being greater than the angle i gulsr turn and then. an oblique turn in Hw of the other turn. reverse direction, for the purpose set Forth.

3. In a, fountain-brush, the combination In testimonT whereof I sign my nume in With the .brush-head 'having' an axial Weterthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses. passage therethrough, end L tube Iixed there- CEO I) @m ,X NTUN 1 i 1. .hxlilivh A. 1n and provided with a sprayer; o L hose, e 1 Cock, connected therewith, c@und e tubular handle Connecting' the oook with. seid tube in ro the brush-head, the hodj)T of? the handle neer Wvitnesses E. S. MoDoNALD, ROSA VoELoKnR. 

